MIME or inline signature ?

[Mark H. Wood]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 11:46:33PM +0100, Xavier Maillard wrote:
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> Hello,
> 
> in my quest of the perfect setup, I am asking myself what is the
> prefered way to sign a message: inline (like this one) or using a MIME header ?
> 
> Is there a big thumb rule to respect ?

There is.  In the words of the song:

  You can't please everyone, so
   you got to please yourself.
       -- Rick Nelson, "Garden Party"

Some people will complain if you use one format, and others will
complain if you use the other, so unless there's someone you
especially want to favor (or annoy) you may as well send what you
would most like to receive.  (Isn't there some sort of Golden Rule
about that?)

> Regards
> - --
> Sent with my mu4e
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Mark H. Wood
Lead Technology Analyst

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